Image copyright Amelie-Benoist / BSIP/SPL A national review of end-of-life care has found many hospitals are failing to provide face-to-face palliative care specialists around the clock. The review shows only 16 of 142 hospital sites offer specialists on site 24/7. The report is the first since the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway was scrapped. NHS experts [...]

Image copyright Science Photo Library David Cameron is to announce plans for the largest ever shipment of nuclear waste from the UK to the United States. In return, the US will send highly enriched uranium to Europe where it will be used to help diagnose cancer. The prime minister will make the announcement in Washington [...]

Image copyright PA Image caption It is a time of real uncertainty for Port Talbot’s 5,500 workers Prime Minister David Cameron is to host crisis talks on the UK steel industry amid mounting pressure on ministers to guarantee the future of the Port Talbot steelworks and its 5,500 staff. He will meet ministers in Downing [...]

Image copyright Google Image caption The two people were found dead in a house in Dickens Avenue in Canterbury Two people have been killed in an “altercation” in a house in Canterbury, police have said. A man was arrested at the house, which Kent Police were called to shortly after 19:30 BST. Officers said they [...]

Image copyright Getty Images Police in England and Wales are being called to children’s homes thousands of times a year, according to figures. One force, West Mercia, saw the equivalent of more than five call-outs a day to homes in 2014-15, the Howard League for Penal Reform found. It said children were being wrongly “criminalised” [...]

Image copyright Getty Images Tata Steel plans to sell its loss-making UK business, the Indian company confirmed on Tuesday night. It has told its European holding company to “explore all options for restructuring”, including the partial or entire sale of the UK operations. The move puts the jobs of thousands of UK workers at risk. [...]

Image caption Mrs Morgan says young people do not want to be cut off from the world A vote to leave the European Union could have a devastating impact on the life chances of young people, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is to say. Entering the debate over EU membership, she will urge parents and grandparents [...]

Image copyright AP Image caption Rizwan Farook, right, and his wife Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people at an office party on 2 December The FBI has managed to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman without Apple’s help, ending a court case, the US justice department says. Apple had been resisting a court order [...]

Image copyright Getty Images UK union leaders have held talks in India ahead of a Tata Steel board meeting that could decide the fate of thousands of workers. Officials from the Community union had “constructive” talks with Tata Steel representatives in Mumbai, where the board will meet on Tuesday. The future of thousands of UK [...]

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Henry Cavill plays Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has taken $424m (£300m) at the box office worldwide in its first five days despite poor reviews. The global total – the fourth-highest ever – included $170.1m in the United States, a [...]